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  • Publication: Second FoundationPublication Record # 481353
  • Author: Isaac Asimov
  • Date: 1958-00-00
  • Catalog ID: D192
  • Publisher: Digit Books
  • Price:
    2/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
  • Pages: 160
  • Format:
    pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
  • Type: COLLECTION
  • Cover: Second Foundation by Ed Valigursky (variant of One in Three Hundred 1955)
  • Notes: Apparent 1st printing of this 1958 edition. Title page:
    • Digit colophon [over] "Brown, Watson Ltd. [over] London"
    Copyright page:
    • "Copyright 1953 by Isaac Asimov"
    • "Second Foundation is based upon published material [over] originally copyrighted by Street & Smith Publications Inc., [over] 1948, 1949."
    • "The American bound edition was first published by Gnome [over] Press Inc., New York, U.S.A."
    • "This Digit Book is the first publication in the [over] United Kingdom."
    • "Digit Books are published by Brown, Watson Ltd. [over] 123 Kensal Road, London, W.10"
    • "Made and printed in Great Britain by [over] Hutchinson Printing Trust [over] at The Anchor Press, Ltd., Tiptree, Essex"
    Spine:
    • Digit Books colophon, D192, and title and author in white lettering, all on red ground.
    Back cover:
    • No data.
    Page 160 is unnumbered. The artist is not credited, no visible signature on the artwork. The cover artwork is the same as this printing of One in Three Hundred No date of publication, printing, or number line. Year from Tuck. Gloss cover.
  • External IDs:
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Collection Title: Second Foundation • [Foundation • 3] • (1953) • collection by Isaac Asimov

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